Kansas at Oklahoma

Saturday, October 23, 1937

Kansas beat Oklahoma 6–⁠3. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Kansas led the series 18–⁠13–⁠4.

AwayKansas3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1937
6
HomeOklahoma5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1937
3

FinalHigh 54°F, low 33°FAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FINAL PLAY TELLS Kansas Long Pass for Touchdown Beats Oklahoma, 6-3.

    Evening star, October 24, 1937, page 24

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    FINAL PLAY TELLS Kansas Long Pass for Touchdown Beats Oklahoma, 6–⁠3. NORMAN, Okla, October % (P.- Kansas University’s Jayhawkers pulled 48-yard touchdown pass on the final play here today to defeat the University of Oklahoma Sooners, 6 to 3, in Big Six Conference foot ball game With 10 seconds to play, Don Ebling looped 30-yard aerial to Dick Amerine, who outran Webber Merrell to the goal line.

  • The The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS EAST

    The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, October 25, 1937, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS EAST EAST Army ~; Washington L. Est LouiSl I. Bates AZ; Maine o. Detroit IA; Boston College 0. Western Reserve :; Boston L. o. Bowdoin 80; Colby 0. Duke l3; Colgate 0. Brown Z; Columbia 6. Dickinson IS: Delaware 0. Fordham :; Texas Christian 0. +. & NJ. -; Penn Military 0. Alabama 10: George Wash. 0. Dartmouth 20; Harvard ,. Johns Hopkins l3; Havertord Hobard 10: c. of y. Y. :. Holy Cross s; West. Md. 0. Lafayette l3: New York :. Georgetown L. o; Penn. D. Princeton 6 Rutgers D. Pittsburgh 81; Wisconsin 0. Providence y: Springfield s. Williams IS; Tufts 0. w. Va 10; Waynesburg D. VillanovG 2l; Bucknell 9. Yale 9; Cornell 0. SOUTH Vanderbilt Z: La. State 6. Kentucky 10; Manhattan D. Auburn 2l: Ga. Tech o. Miss. State “a; Florida IL. Tennessee 80; Sewanee 0. North Carolina l3; Tulane 0. Georgia 70; Mercer 0. Va. Military Pc; Virginia I. Maryland 10; Syracuse o. Centre s: Davidson 0. ‘W. & NJ. IS; American L. 0. Wofford l3: Newberry s. Catawba 2S: Guilford 0. Miss. 80; Ouachita 0. Va. Poly 10: W. & l.. :. St. Johns (Annapo.iS) I: Ham?den-Sydncv 0. W. Carolina :; +. Carolina 0. Appalachian 81; Elon 0. Belmont Abbey IS; Boiling Springs -. Rrevard IS; Campoell 0. MIDWEST Notre Dame 9; Navy I. Ohio State Z: N’we stern U. Michigan Z; Iowa 6. Indiana %: Cincinnati 0. Nebraska Z; Missouri 0. Kansas 6; Oklahoma 3. Mich. State 81; Marquette !. Drake 30: Iowa State D. SwarthmOr1 10; OEeriin l3. Kan. State Is; Creighton :. DePauw IS; Evansville 0. WABASH 25: Rose Poly 0. SOUTHWEST Arkansas IS: Sou. Meth. 0. Baylor 10: Texas A. & VI. 0. Rice II; Texas :. Tulsa p: Okla. A. & NJ. 0. Texas Tech frosh 10; Cameron AggieS I. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Utah State “a; Wyoming Z. Col. Col. 10; Col. Mines 6. Western State 7; Greeley State Denver 10; Utah I. Col. At: Col. State 0. FAR WEST Calf. 20; Sou. Calf. 6. Washington State ? U. of Cali fornia at Los Angeles 0. Stanford Is; Washington I. Oregon State Ia; Oregon 0. Portland 10; Brigham Young 10. Col. of Pacific Z: Nevada 3. San Diego State 20; New Mex leo 0.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Oklahoma 69% to win. Kansas pulled the upset.

Oklahoma leads 80–⁠28–⁠6 in 114 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Kansas 38, Oklahoma 33
2022Oklahoma 52, Kansas 42
2021Oklahoma 35, Kansas 23
2020Oklahoma 62, Kansas 9
2019Oklahoma 45, Kansas 20
2018Oklahoma 55, Kansas 40

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